Shloka 50

Arśa-nidāna: Causes, Prodrome, Doṣa-types, and Complications of Hemorrhoids

Devanagari script

पवनस्योर्ध्वगामित्वात्ततश्छर्द्यरुचिज्वराः / हृद्रोगग्रहणीदोषमूत्रसंगप्रवाहिकाः

Transliteration

pavanasyordhvagāmitvāttataśchardyarucijvarāḥ / hṛdrogagrahaṇīdoṣamūtrasaṃgapravāhikāḥ

Translation

เพราะวายุเคลื่อนขึ้นเบื้องบน จึงเกิดอาเจียน เบื่ออาหาร และไข้; อีกทั้งโรคหัวใจ ความผิดปกติแห่งคฤหณี (ทางย่อยอาหาร) การขัดปัสสาวะ และอาการถ่ายเป็นมูกเป็นน้ำ (ประวาหิกา)

Word by Word

• पवनस्य: of vāta/wind
• पवनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ऊर्ध्व-गामित्वात्: due to upward movement
• ऊर्ध्व-गामित्वात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऊर्ध्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गामित्व (प्रातिपदिक; गामिन्-भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे पञ्चमी

• ततः: thereupon, from that
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तर-अर्थे क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: thereafter/therefrom)

• छर्दि: vomiting
• छर्दि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छर्दि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहार-निर्देशः; समासपूर्वपदम्)

• अरुचि: loss of appetite
• अरुचि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदम्)

• ज्वराः: fevers
• ज्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• हृद्-रोग-ग्रहणी-दोष-मूत्र-सङ्ग-प्रवाहिकाः: heart disease, grahaṇī disorder, urinary obstruction, dysentery-like flux
• हृद्-रोग-ग्रहणी-दोष-मूत्र-सङ्ग-प्रवाहिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रहणी (प्रातिपदिक) + दोष (प्रातिपदिक) + मूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रवाहिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (रोग-समूह-निर्देशः)

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction to Garuda/Vinata-putra)

Medical Ayurveda

Dosha: Vata

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Causal reasoning in embodied life: directional disturbance of vāyu (ūrdhvagāmitva) generates multi-system pathology.

Vedantic Theme: Viveka in the empirical domain (vyavahāra): discerning causes and effects reduces bondage to suffering.

Application: When vomiting/anorexia/fever co-occur with urinary obstruction or bowel flux, consider a unifying vāta-directionality disturbance and treat holistically.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.156.48; Garuda Purana 1.156.49; Garuda Purana 1.156.51; Garuda Purana 1.156.52

Characters & Entities

• Vayu (Pavana)

FAQs

What is the importance of vāyu (pavana) moving upward in the Garuda Purana?

This verse links an upward disturbance of vāyu to specific disease patterns—vomiting, anorexia, fever, cardiac trouble, grahaṇī disorders, urinary obstruction, and dysentery—showing how subtle vital forces manifest as bodily illness.

How does this verse explain the path of the soul?

Indirectly: by describing vāyu’s abnormal movement, it reflects the Purana’s broader teaching that the subtle vital currents govern embodied experience; when disturbed, they produce suffering that can impede dharmic living and preparedness for death-rites.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat persistent digestive upset, vomiting, urinary retention, or dysentery as signals of systemic imbalance; adopt disciplined diet and conduct (and seek appropriate medical care) to maintain bodily steadiness for dharma and ritual life.